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DOJ Put DeChristopher in Federal Prison for Defying Big Energy
Directors Beth and George Gage record DeChristopher's journey from an act of civil disobedience to incarceration.
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Pelican Bay Prison Hunger-Strikers: Danny Troxell
‘Sadly, this institution wants to break as many ties and bonds to family and community as it can,’ writes Danny Troxell.
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Pelican Bay Prison Hunger-Strikers: George Ruiz
Suffering from severe medical problems, 71-year-old George Ruiz is challenging long-term solitary confinement.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: North Carolina Citizens Are Protesting Out-of-Control Republicans, and More
Over the last two months, activists and civil leaders have been protesting extreme Right-wing policies in North Carolina; Senate Democrats tried to restore lower student loan interest rates, but …
Pelican Bay Prison Hunger-Strikers
Prisoners in Pelican Bay State Prison's Security Housing Unit (SHU) are isolated for at least twenty-two and a half hours a day in cramped, concrete, windowless cells. They are …
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The Koch Brothers Are Waging War Against the Poor
Taking wage policy advice from Charles Koch is like taking advice on how to run a neighborhood watch program from George Zimmerman.
Indignation Across Europe At Revelations of US Spying on Its Citizens
Former British intelligence whistleblower Annie Machon: Europeans angry at spying revelations, but laws protect spy agencies from accountability.
Senate Set to Confirm New FBI Head Who OK’d Waterboarding, Defends Mass Spying, Indefinite Detention
At his confirmation hearing to head the FBI, former Bush administration Deputy Attorney General James Comey refused to criticize the broad, ongoing collection of the phone records of Americans …
City of Berkeley Fights Federal Action to Seize Property of City’s Largest Medical Marijuana Dispensary
he City of Berkeley filed a claim Wednesday in the action brought by the federal government in May to seize the property used by Berkeley Patients Group at 2366 …
Andrew Auernheimer, Cyber Security, Leaks and the CFAA
US hacker-troll-activist Andrew Auernheimer, AKA Weev, has appealed his March conviction for unauthorized access of AT&T's web site in violation the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA). The conviction, …